Two teams from Easton & Otley College have won first and second place in IAgrE’s annual Young Engineers competition. A team from the Royal Agricultural University came third.

L-R: Alastair Taylor with winners ‘Mean Machine’ – Sam Simpson and Kurtis Dack from Easton & Otley

The competition is open to all UK training and education providers and involves creating a remote or radio controlled vehicle. Teams are given a standard set of wheels, a battery and maximum vehicle dimensions and the challenge is to produce the top performance vehicle of the competition. The vehicle that powers its way to the highest point up a curved ramp is the winner.

A team from Perkins Engines won the Class 2 section of the competition.

Hosts of the event this year were Perkins Engines Company Ltd based in Peterborough.

Alastair Taylor CEO of IAgrE, presenting the prizes said, “I was very impressed by this year’s event. The students were very engaged and the standard of competition excellent. Students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the day and the facilities at Perkins were impressive, everyone appeared to enjoy the factory tour and the networking opportunity.”

The event was sponsored by Autoguide Equipment and Bosch Rexroth. Cash prizes were awarded to the winning teams by IAgrE plus power tools from Rexroth Bosch.